An investor group headed by principals in Conover Real Estate has signed an agreement to buy the landmark Navigator Restaurant and Boathouse Bar in Edgartown from its longtime owners, the Young family.

When Lorraine Clark walks into Grace Church in Vineyard Haven on the morning of Dec. 17, Christmas officially begins.

There, packed high to the ceiling and filling almost every available space will be over 250 large, white bags - each one stuffed with dozens of wrapped gifts. Each bag will be marked with its own number, and soon people will trickle in to claim them.

Boat Line Governor Shuns Participation

Kathryn Roessel Withdraws Partially From Selection Process for New Term, Frankly Doubting Her Own Prospects

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Quoting a legendary cowboy, a sometimes teary Kathryn A. Roessel said Tuesday that she anticipates her time as the Vineyard Steamship Authority governor is coming to an end.

With five seconds left in the biggest game of his life, with crazed fans screaming at him from every direction and with everything riding on his right foot, E.J. Sylvia delivered.

The signs around the high school all point toward a showdown.

Like the handwritten message taped to the wall inside the boys' locker room.

"10-game preseason is over. KHUNA Nantucket!!!"

Or the chants echoing in the halls, through the gymnasium and out into the crisp November air.

"Keep the Cup, keep the Cup, keep the Cup!"

West Tisbury and Chilmark Selectmen Collide Over Up-Island School Study

IAN FEIN

West Tisbury and Chilmark selectmen knocked heads this week over whether a task force studying the Up-Island Regional School District should consider closing the Chilmark School.

The dispute could end the task force study before it even begins, and ultimately unravel the entire regional district, whose future is now in question.